USS Walke (DD-416)

USS Walke (DD-416) was a US Navy destroyer that was launched from the Boston Navy Yard on 31 May 1938. The ship operated in the "Neutrality Patrol" in the Caribbean before the United States entered World War II in 1941, and it was later sent to the Pacific. She protected carriers as they launched air raids on Japanese-held islands in early 1942, and the ship later fought at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. On 15 November 1942, during the aforementioned battle, a salvo of shells from Nagano, Ayanami, and Uranami struck the Walke, which had already been debilitated by a torpedo. Some of the ship's depth charges went off as survivors attempted to swim to life rafts, killing many of them. The USS Meade (DD-602) rescued 151 men from the ship, while Commander Thomas E. Fraser died in battle.